Tag Archives: Military Madness
When Washington Decides Democracy Is Dangerous: Stoking Opposition in Venezuela and Syria
The opposition “movements” in Venezuela and Syria have a great deal in common: both are seeking the demise of democratically-elected governments; both resort to violence and acts of terrorism; both are tools of U.S. and Western imperialism, and both are failing. A Venezuelan protester holds a poster that reads in Spanish “Against Imperialist aggression, respect […]
No More War (Music Video) and Action, North Korea
With Trump ramping up threats against North Korea, we need to take action to abolish war and urge diplomacy now more than ever! An event happened in DC here. You can organize a vigil in your own area. We have flyers and sign-up sheets to download here. Let’s flood the White House with calls between 9 am to 4 pm […]
Polly Mann | Of Cabbages and Kings
There is no question that the United States has the biggest, strongest, costliest armaments in the world and it devises the rules by which other nations use or display their ships, troops, and arms.
Accounting, or not, for the cost of war by Adam Johnson
Politics is priorities, and ours align with a specific class whose interests are far out of line with the collective good.
Kathy Kelly | “Would you like a drink of water?” Please Ask a Yemeni Child.
“Disarm and live.”
This world in arms is not spending money alone.
Washington Post Keeps Running Op-Eds by Lobbyists Pushing Their Clients’ Weapons
Weapons manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Raytheon were promoted, with articles naming North Korea as a particular threat and reason to augment weapons systems.
Forbidden Questions? 24 Key Issues That Neither the Washington Elite Nor the Media Consider Worth Their Bother by Andrew J. Bacevich
Apart from a commendable determination to discomfit Trump and members of his inner circle (select military figures excepted, at least for now), journalism remains pretty much what it was prior to November 8th of last year: personalities built up only to be torn down; fads and novelties discovered, celebrated, then mocked; “extraordinary” stories of ordinary people granted 15 seconds of fame only to once again be consigned to oblivion…
William Hartung | The American Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker: Never Has a Society Spent More for Less
Put another way, preparations for and the pursuit of war will ensure that any future America is dirtier, sicker, poorer, more rickety, and less safe.
Bruce Gagnon | Military Space Plane Returns from Two-Year Secret Mission
The actual expense of the X-37 is hidden in the Pentagon’s ‘black,’ or classified, budget but is likely to cost more than $1 billion.
The Constitution and Conscience: NSA’s Thomas Drake (Video)
A program that he exposed was later confirmed by the NSA to have been a waste of over a billion dollars.
Mary Beaudoin | Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Cost of War
Surveys for the last five years have shown that the American public would prefer to see a cut in defense spending. In 2016, people responded that they do not want funding for nuclear weapons increased.
New Infographics showing world military spending in 2016
World military spending 2016:
$1.69 Trillion
Kathy Kelly | The Shame of Killing Innocent People
Saudi coalition airstrikes have hit at least four hospitals supported by Doctors Without Borders.
Christine Ahn | The High Costs of US Warmongering Against North Korea
What has most people on edge and in a state of alarm is that these briefings take place amid dangerous tensions and brinkmanship on the Korean peninsula.
Henry Giroux | Shutting Down American-Style Authoritarianism
Neo-fascist policies and practices now feed a war culture and demand more than a political and moral outrage.
Threats to World Peace and America’s Imperial Wars: Syria, Afghanistan, North Korea
MOAB, tomahawks and the threat of nuclear war
Ann Wright and Marie Braun speak on KFAI Radio: Military Madness, Ban Nuclear Weapons
Peace activists Ann Wright and Marie Braun are featured on Northern Sun News with Don Olson on KFAI Radio. PLAYLIST TRACKS: Listen Now Download Guest: Marie Braun Title: Peace Activist Topics: Report on peace movement, questions for Sen Amy Klobuchar, update on local peace activities Guest: Ann Wright Title: US Army Cool (Ret) former US Foreign Service Officer […]
A Multi-Level Analysis of the US Cruise Missile Attack on Syria and Its Consequences
What is evident is that the Syrians did not drop chemical weapons from their aircraft and that no chemical gas was ever stored at the al-Shayrat airbase.
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